The Wild Sparks Nursery team has been spending an unusual amount of time indoors recently, working through large quantities of essential paperwork. Our bid for funding from the Forestry Commission was successful, and we are waiting for news of our other grant applications.

Our third open day, on 16th July brought another wave of interested parents and adventurous toddlers; it’s encouraging to meet so many families interested in joining Wee Wild Sparks!

We plan to open the nursery on Mondays and Tuesdays from January. To meet this target for opening it would help us to have a firm idea of numbers, so please let us know if you would like to enrol your child.

If you’d like to know more about the nursery or enrolments, please contact the team or come and join one of our Autumn meet-ups, for adventurous wee folk and their grown-ups! You can come to all, some or one of the meet-ups to explore our lovely woods, meet the nursery team, and enjoy outdoor play, autumnal activities and a few stories, songs and rhymes. Everyone is welcome as long as you have a pre-schooler, toddler or baby and you enjoy being in the woods. We have four dates planned for September and October;

Tuesday 13th September 10-11.30amTuesday 27th September 10-11.30amTuesday 11th October 10-11.30amTuesday 25th October 10-11.30am

A snack will be provided and tea for grown ups, please bring your child’s cup with whatever they like to drink. The sessions are free although a small donation towards snacks and resources would be greatly appreciated. We don’t yet have a composting loo on the site (it’s in the pipeline, so to speak), so the loo experience is still a wild one, but we will provide nappy changing facilities.

Let’s meet at 10am at the parking place and start the adventure together! If you plan to come, need directions or if there’s anything else you’d like to know, email Jo; jowildsparks@yahoo.co.uk